Reel for fence-wire



(No Model.)

H. C. LYONS. j

REEL EOE FENCE WIEE.

No. 325,616. Patented Septpl, 1885.

UNITED STATES PATENT EETCE.

HORACE C. LYONS, OF BROOKFIEIJD, MISSOURI.

REEL FOR FENCE-WIRE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 325,616, datedSeptember Il.x 1885.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HORACE C. LYONS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brookield, in thecounty of Linn and State of Missouri, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Reels for Fence V\ire,of which the following is a specification, reference being had thereinto the accompanying drawings.

Figure l is a perspective view of this device. Fig. 2 is a plan viewshowing the reel full of wire and beginning te be unwound. Fig. 3 is adetail in section of the guide-rollers. Fig. a is a detail in side.elevation of the guide-rollers.

This invention belongs to that class of devices designed for windingbarbed or other feneewire upon, or from which it may be unwound; and thenovelty in the present instance consists in the combination andconstruction of the several parts, all as will now be more fully set outand explained.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the carriage or barrow body,having wheels c in front, legs c in the rear, and handles a?. By meansof this carriage the reel B can be easily moved about, as desired. rlhisreel is placed on the crankshaft C, which is journaled in any suitableway, as at c c, to er in the frame of the carriage, and has at its rearend handle c. By moving the shaft C out of its front bearing the reelcan, when released from the clamp-arm D, be easily taken oft' its shaft,and when oi can be as easily put on again. It is held iirm in the arm D,iixed to the shaft by set-screw d.

The reel may be of any suitable pattern or make, so long as it isprovided with a central core, b, and side arms, b'.

In unreeling or reeling the barbed fencewire the line cf wire passesbetween the vertical guiderolls E, which are placed in the frame F,attached to either side of the carriage and in front of the reel, butreadily detached and applied to any desired place 0n the frame. Thisframe consists of a base, f,

Between the rolls is a vertical space for the wire, corresponding inlength to the length of the rolls. riDhis is adapted for the amount ofwire on the reel. TWhen the reel is full, the line goes out near the topof the space between the rolls, and when it has nearly been unwound itgoes out near the bottom. i

The reel can during the winding or unwinding be easily pushed back orforth, so that the wire shall run straight from it between these rolls.

I am aware that it is not broadly new to provide a carriage fortransporting a barbedwire reel which is suitably mounted thereon.

This device is especially designed to be used for reeling wire ed theoriginal spool as it is put on the fence, or for reeling wire back onthe original spool as it is taken od the fence. It can be used withoutwheels by setting the frame on its legs inside an ordinary farm-wagonbox. It can be used by setting the back legs or supports of the frameint-o mortises of the detached axle and then putting upon the axle thewheels of a corn-cultivator or other farming implement that any farmermay have, or wheels especially for the reel may be provided. When thusarranged, it is operated by one man walking between the handles, holdingone handle with the left hand and turning the crank with the right, orvice versa. The tension of the wire as it is wound on the spool drawsthe reel along on the wheels.

Having now described my invention, what I. wish to secure by LettersPatent isl. In combination with the carriage provided with guide-rollson the side of the frame, a movable shaft extending parallel with thesides of the frame and the handles, and a reel secured thereto througheyebolts c c, so that it can be easily detached when desired.

2. The carriage A, as described, the imperforate curved crank-shaft C,journaled in the eyebolts c c, reel B, clamp D, secured to the shaft C,sct-sorew d, frame F, and vertical guide rolls E, all' combinedsubstantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. In a device as described, the reel B, secured on the crankshaft C bythe clamp D,

'and the set-screw d, combined with the verti- IOO cal guiderolls E,secured on the side of frame whereby the wire may be fed or wound up A,substantially as and for the purposes defrom the side of the carriage,as set forth. io scribed. In testimony whereof I affix my signature 4.In a reel for fence-wire, the carriage proin presence of two witnesses.

vided with :L pair of frietion-rolls, and with HORACE C. LYONS. side andcross pieces and n wheel, in eombi- Vitnesses: nation with n crank-shaftloosely journnleclin W. H. BROWNLEE,

said carriage parallel with the side pieces, GEO. N. ELLIOTT.

